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The National tribune., 1887-08-25
THE list KY. BATTERY.
How Its Guns We're Lost and Recovered at Frank

How lie Guns We're Lost and Recovered Mt Frank.
lin.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I saw in a
recent issue letter from Gen. Il. l.. Hayes, late
Colonel of the Tooth Ohio 10 Nelson A. Pinney,
Co ID, l0lth Ohio, stating in substance that
when Hood made his grand charge al franklin
the gunners Of the LIST Ky. battery ded and left
their guns in the onemy's hands. Though j
have always regarded the Tooth Ohio rs my
deliverer from rebel prison, / must object TO
this statement First, ] wish TO say that the
list Ky. battery was largely made up of yeter-
ans OF the Sd Ky. who were transferred TO il at
the expiration of that regiments term Of serv-
ice, about month before the battle Of Franklin; ;
consequently they were not very well drilled in
the artillery branch Of the service.
But let Us see howthe boys of the lst Ky bat
cry fed" was No of the FIRST piece had
become deaf from the jar Of the gun, and all
my attention was given TO sending the load
home NY first knowledge Of our guns being
captured was when saw Corpl Walter Tllett
grab the lanyard from the hand of No. and
fire the piece A rebel officer, who was standing
within three feet of No. 4, with his left
hand on the wheel of the piece shot Corp'l Til
lett dead with pistol. / then looked behind
and saw the rebels all among us. by this time
j had partly regained my hearing. j heard a
rebel officer say, Prepare for charge"
heard the yelling of men, and dropped fat on
the ground. i saw the rebels start on the run
and our men coming in at double-quick. j
jumped up, caught an officer by the coatsleeve,
and said, "Rou have saved usl" ] think the
officer was a First Lieutenant Of the Tooth
Ohio.
That night, in conversation with the boys,
found that II Of the gunners had been captured
with the guns aud rocaptured by the Tooth
Ohio. Some i the gunners who saw our sup
port fall b. did likewise in which ] think
they displayed good judgment as well as good
sense. j shall never forget the galiantry of the
tooth Ohio and oath Ill.,, as they came so
promptly and SO boldly 10 our rescue. With
the exception OF our killed and wounded we
got out OF that hornets nest in good shape.
j am not writing this for notoriety, but 10
stand by the boys Of the Sd Ky, who had been
through three years Of hard service and endured
ali the hardships Of the war. with the old Fourth
Corps OF Woods Division, Harker's Brigade.
i wish to say few words ia regard TO Har-
Eer's Brigade. IL consisted of the Gath, Goth
aud l25th Ohio and 81 Ky. j am proud that
the ID Ky. had the honor OF being brigaded
with as good regiments az were in the service
The record Of Harkers Brigade stands without
a blemish.-J. CoRSELIUs SMITH, Co. Is, Sd
Ky. and LIST Ky. battery, Riyerton, III.
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CHAMPION HILLS.
What the Isith III. Did There.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: i think Com
rade Burrows confounGs the battle Of Champion
Hills with the battle Of Port Gibson, fought on
the LIST day of May. 1868. The l24th Ill. re-
ceived their name of lone Hundred and Two
Dozen" at the battle of Port Gibson from Col.
McCook, of the 3lst Ill. At Champion Hills
our brigade-the First of the Third Division,
Seventeenth Corps-st about IL o'clock a. m.
was in byouae beside the road at Widow Cooks
plantation, when the battle was opened by
Hovey's Division. We fell in line aud started
on the double-quick. and as Hovey's Division
made a charge we passed by their rear aud ON
10 the northwest. On the extreme left of our
line DeGolyer's and McAlister's batteries went
to the top Of the ridge, about half mile 10 our
left. and opened on the 4" Louisiana Tigers"
While we were passing we formed our line near
the top Of the ridge, facing little 10 the west
of south, and were ordered to lie down. A bat
terry in position near Champions house was
opened upon Us, but the shells passed HARM
lessly over our heads.
Gen. John A. Logan came up In our rear and
ordered us TO charge. We went 10 the top of tho
hill. over two fences, and down the hill TO the
AID Ga, who were all taken prisoners. except
a few who got away with their flag Then we
pushed across a dry creek and up the hills
through the timber 10 the orchard, where Can't
Young's rebel battery was in action. As we
came out Of the brush the Captain Of the battery
was on his horse, ana with revolver in his
hand. swOre he would shoot tho first man who
left his post. He gave the command TO load and
fire, but at that instant we fred a vOlley aud
man and horse went TO the ground, aud our
Color-Sergeant planted the flag OF the "One
Hundred and Two Dozen upon the guns. We
left the guns and went on TO the road a hun
dred yards farther. where We stopped and fired
at the retreating rebels until they were out of
sight
Another division was ordered up-I think
Quimby's-tosupport us, but itdid not arrive un-
al after the charge. 1t came up, changed front,
and passed east down the road aud took "A
good many prisoners out of the woods 10 our
left. We fell back under the hills, formed line.
and stacked arms. After resting little while
we marched across Bakers Creek and camped
in piece Of woods on the north side Of the
road leading 10 Edwards's Station. A company
Of the 32d Ohio enlisted as artillery, and the
captured guns were manned by them and used
with good service at the siege Of Vicksburg.
They were planted Immediately in front of our
regiment, aud we saw them every day. If the
32d had been as fast then as they are now,
the war would have been ended seOner.-A. NJ.
/ GUERNSEY, Co. L, l24th ILL.,, Taylor, Neb.
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A Big Claim.

That overworked business men and women
can do double work with less fatigue ON cts.
worth of MOxie per day, which never loses its
effect from long use. Lowell Mass, has proved
it with 800, 900 bottles in fourteen months.
IL would be the most remarkable thing in
the history of the world If the little harmless
Moxie Nerve Food plant should substitute the
use of stimulants, and take the wind out of the
sails of the political temperance parties. There
is the best authority for the statement that the
drinker is better satisfied with It, and the liquor
dealer has to keep it or lose his custom. It is
a powerful factor that they can make just as
much money on it and pay no license. Also,
the women and the churches back it to the
utmost. All the dealers say its sale is enor-
mons. The company putting it on the market
offer the chemists $1,000 If they can and any
thing in 10 more delsterious than common Bit
ter-roos and winter-green. We thank God it
cen do so well without harm.
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Sabine Crossroads.

EDITOR NATIONAL tribune: In reading
over the communications from the different
comrades. under the heading OF" Picket Shots"
notice the one from COmraie F. Holmes of
Co. ID, l6lst ". V, who claims that his regiment
was in the advance at the battle OfSabine Cross
roads on April &, 1864. / would remind the
comTade that the First and Second Brigades,
under the command of the brave Gen. Ransom,
opened the fight ut sunrise on the morning of
the Sth of April, where Gen. Lees cavalry, the
advance of our army was in camp, and where
we piled up our knapsacks aud drums, prepare
tory TO making our advance; and from where
we drove the enemy after we had shelled them
out of their position until about / o'clock in
the afternoon, when we were halted about one
fourth of a mile south and east from Sa-
bine Crossroads, where the enemy attacked us
in superior numbers aud drove us back. Now
the comrade may have been in the advance of
the Nineteenth Corps, which we met on our re-
treat about four miles from Sabine Cross roads,
and which saved what there was left of the old
Thirteenth Corps from being totally annihi-
lated by one of the finest volleys of musketry
ever heard in my life, which very nearly ex-
terminated that part OF the rebel army within
its reach. But, comradc. let me say that you
are mistaken; you did not get within about
three or four miles of the battle-ground Of Sa
bine Gross roads that day, aud am sure you
were considerably farther away the next day.
would not do or say anything that would rob
any soldier OF the glory they honestly earned.
But this much do know, that no regiment OF
the Nineteenth Corps took any part in that bat
tie until after the 18th men were whipped and
driven back. COmrade u. X. PrS<er, Co. ID,
l3Oth H., is correct in his statement.-E. A.
CRANDALL, Drummer, Co. r. Odd Wis, 299
Congress street east West St. Paul, Mimi.
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FIr,i I'm nj Grfi,shurr.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Comrade VIM.
w. SchOoley. Sergeant, Go. q, li3d Pa, cOrrects
COmrade c. w. Cook. 10th \. Y, as to which
was first on the field of Gettysburg. / was
there also, and / must say that COmrade
Schooley is correct. The 1881 led the brigade
known rs Col. Roy Stones Pennsylvania Buck
tail Brigade, consisting of the lI3d, 18th and
l50th Pa. As he states, we marched from near
EIumittsburg, q distance of five miles-three
miles at double-time and two at the double
quick-and as we advanced near the town. pass
ing some pieces of artillery, we charged across
the field to the left leaving the town 10 our right
until we reached the stone barn mentioned, on
Seminary Ridge. There we lay down to await
orders. Soon after Gen. Reynolds was killed
and while at the barn piece of shell cut tho
haversack clear from the side of Lieut.. Vaughn.
think Comrade Schooley remembers the cir
cumstance. Perhaps he also remembers the
Sergeant of Co. who carried the three ribs of
beef all the way from Emmittsburg on the
point of his hayonet for a lunch. but was COM
PEELED 10 sling them away when the fight
opened also. the crock of thick milk the same
Sergeant brought 10 the barn and "set 'em up"
for the boys, the Colonel included.-JoHS
SHAFER, Sergeant Co. j, 143d Pa, Frceland,
Pa
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UP RED RIVER.
Concerning the Fight at sabine Crossroads.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: saw state
ment by Comrade +. Holmes, Co. ID, 161st n.
Y, King City, NO., that his regiment was in
the advance from Pleasant Hill to Sabine Cross
roads, and was actively engaged at that place.
1t might have been in the battle that day and
lost heavily as he says, but to say that his regi-
ment was in the advance is incorrect. The
First Brigade Of the Fourth Division, Thir-
teeuth Corps was in the advance that
day. We turned out at Pleasant Hill at
2 a. m. the morning Of the Sth of April,
packed our knapsacks aud pup-tents, drew
two days rations Of bareback, started at
3, and marched till daylight. Then we sat-
down and took some bareback and water. and
on again till we came to an old sawmill. Hero
the rebels opened on us. and we piled our KNAPP
sacks against the fence and went in" We
drove the rebels back through the woods eight
miles, to near Sabine Crossroads, where we
halted about 2 p. IN.
Ny company-E, Odd Wis-went on the
skirmish.line about p. m. In about Is min
utes from the time we had formed our line the
rebels charged US. The 23d was just to the
left of the road, with an open field descending
TO the north about 40 rods to the front.
Nims's Massachusetts battery was next to Us,
ut the road. The 9th Ind was next, on the
right of the road, with woods close at hand.
The positions of other regiments / do not know,
but only that we were on the left of the line.
w ncu VIC W TcLTedI We WcIt uaHhtu
on both sides, the regiments having gone from
our right. To our rear an open field extended
TO the south about half mile. Our baggage
train was in sight south of the field, i'm the
woods. The field we were in was all the clear
ing ! remember from Pleasant Hill to that
point, except a small field at the old sswmill.
j was run down by couple OF cavalry and cap
tured about half way across the field, so L
know no more of the fight; but my understand
ing has always been that at the time the bat
tie commenced our Fourth Division was at the
front with 400 men, the Third Division, Thr-
teenth Corps, about three miles in the rear and
the Nineteenth Corps back at the sawmill
eight miles, where we found the rebels in the
morning. How far the Nineteenth Corps got
10 the front don't know, but do know that it
did not get to Sabine Crossroads.
1t has been asserted that the Thirteenth
Corps did not fight that day, but the rebels ad-
mittcd TO me that we had killed more of their
men than they had killed, wounded and cap
tured OF us. A man of the LIST Ia. (rebell told
me they went into the fight with 500 aud came
out with 10. The 18th Ky. used them up.
Another eomrade says, "The day was only
saved by the arrival of A. ]. Smiths men," A.
j. Smith only arrived nc Pleasant Hill that
night, and our army retreated back to that
place in the night. / wish Capt James NJ.
Bull would give us an account Of that hattie, as
he was on Gen. Ransom's staff and knows the
position and movements Of all the troops Of the
Thirteenth Corps that day.-WILLIAM SODEN,
First Sergeant, Co. E, 23d Wis, Oregon, Wis.
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T" We Are Seven"

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: am one of
seven brothers who helped TO put down the
rebellion. | wish 10 know whether there is
another instance on record of seven brothers
enlisting and all getting back alive. L. ID.
Wood enlisted at the first call for 20, coo; re-
enlisted in the 2d Ohio. He was taken pris-
oner and confined at Richmond, and was one
OF the famous diGgers who dug a tunnel and
made their escape. John Wood enlisted in the
69th Ohio. aud Was discharged for disability.
sev raj battles in the South. He is now dead.
Thos. Wood enlisted in the ID Ohio, served
some time, and was discharged for disability.
Stephen Wood enlisted la the l53d Ohio, aud
did service in Virginia. Arthur Wood also ca
listed in the l53d, aud served his time out. q.
ri. Wood, your correspondent. enlisted in the
1881 and served his time out in YiTginia.-G.
NJ MOOD LogtOWn o.
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Pennsylvania Reserves occupied the extreme
right on the Peninsula and held JaeksOn's
forces In cheek. They were on the extreme
left at Fredericksburg, commanded by Gen.
Meade. and succeeded in turning the rebel
flank, but owing to Insufficient support were
compelled to fall back. The reserves were
prominent at Gettysburg where they fought
Hood, and did most effective service.
Robert Baker, Co. &, 74th Ohio, McCune,
Kan, says the 18th Ohio was not engaged in
the fight at New Hope Church. He says the
statement that Col. Moody, of that regiment,
was wounded is not true. Col. Moody was
only in the Stone River battle and resigned
soon after. He would like TO hear from Col r.
P. Findly, r. @. Parr, David Sleeth, and VIM.
NeMartin.
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Louis Weiland Co A, 9th ILL.,, San Diego,
CAL, strongly recommends that section of Cali
fornia as healthy locality. lie thinks Sol
diers' Home should be established there.
b. f. R.lwson, Co. +, I'd Mass. Cav, Happy
Camp, WawOua, Cal, says that they have a
number of old soldiers there. They are straight
" Yanks," and their wives are of good old New
England blood. He says they are living up in
the mountains. where theai is clear and invig-
Grating. the water like crystal and they are
enjoying the best of health. lie would be glad
to hear from any of his old comrades.
n. ID. Matthias, Hustontown, Pa, would like
to correspond with comrades in West Virginia
and Tennessee with q view To purchasing a
farm of about so acres.
l. w. Scovel, Co. +, Seth Wis, Winfield,
COL, says he has lived in various Western
States since the war and has finally brought up
in Colorado, with which State he is very much
pleased. The climate is healthy, and the State
offers great advantages TO those seeking homes.
He requests any eomrade knowing where to OBJ
tain photograph Of Col. Il. A. Haskell. who fell
mt Cold Harbor, to communicate with james e.
Taylor, Iii9 Lexington avenue, New York city.
The writer says he will answer any letters
from comrades who wish any information about
Colorado who incloss postage.
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" Grab a Root

Joe Woodhouse, Co. b, 9Th Iowa Cav, Victo-
ria, Tex. says he is informed by an old vet
eran of the Mexican war that the expression
grab q root" was used by the soldiers in Mex
leo under Gen. Zach. Taylor; in other words
it was chestnut" during the late war.
A Wisconsin soldier in the National Military
Home, Ohio, writes that the expression "grab
a root" was very commonly used among the
lumbeTmen and raftsmen on the rivers of Wis
consin long before the war.
r. NJ. Higginbotham, Co. G., 1st La. Cav,
Eldora, Iowa, thinks the expression "grab a
root" originated with the 18th Ohio at Pitts
burg Landing.
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a.. A. III, Men

VIII be interested to know that the Indestruct-
ible Fuel Cartridge, advertised elsewhere in
this issue Of The NATIoNAL TRIBUNE, il the
invention Of Mr. George A. Geer, a member Of the
crew OF the Monitor in her memorable fight with
the Merrimac. lie is a warm personal friend OF
John Ericsson, the designer of the Monitor Mr.
Geer has always shown marked inventive
ability, and his lndestructible Fucl Cartridge
has become domestic necessity. He Is n mem
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The Atlanta Canlnaign.

John VI. Henness. First Sergeant, Co. G, s1st
Ohio, Box 2iS, Frankfort, o., replies to the
communication Of Harry Cline. Co. A, 54th
Ohio, who said il was the 5ith Ohio and 55th
Ill. that recaptured DeGresss battery at At
lanta. Comrade Henness says it was the 81st
Ohio which did it.
Joseph S. Connell, Co. B, 105th Ill, Wash
ingtOn Harbor. Wis. says it was the 105th Ill.
and not the 102d I'll. that was in Wards Bril-
gade and participated in the assault ON the
rebel fort at Resaca.
John Lightle, Co. d. 5Oth H., Bryant, ILL.,.
says he was in the battle at AllatOOna, Ga, and
thinks Comrade Ingham's account is very
nearly correct. He is of opinion, however.
that the seth Iowa lost more men than the SD
Ill. or any other regiment that participated in
the engagement. The writer saw a rebel
thrust his bayOnet through cOlOr-bearer of
the 39th. The writer speaks in the highest
terms of the conspicuous gallantry displayed
by Gen. COrse.
Lyman Whitcomb, Co. G, 37th Ind, RUSSELL
Iowa, says that Comrade Wright, Co. I, 18th
Pa, gave the best account of the fight at New
Hope Church that he has seen. The writer
says that his company lost 10 out of 80 men in
that engagement.
Jno. X. Kirk Co. F, 9th Ind, Huron, Ind,
thinks the Twentieth Corps did most if not all
OF the fighting in the battle known as Burnt
Hickory" This was in the woods around
Dallas, and occurred at nearly the same
time and place as the battles of New Hope
Church, Pumpkin Vine Creek, and Pickett's
Mills.
p. d. Davis, Co. I, 9Th No., Bushnell, Oak,
replying TO Charles w. Hull, 10Th Ohio says
the Second Division of the Fifteenth Corps was
not driven from its works or anything else on
22d of July before Atlanta, or at any other
time or place. The First Brigade OF the Di-
vision was ordered TO the left two hours before
the fight began, and was with Giles A. Smiths
Division at the tune DeGresss battery was
taken.
p. F. Hartzell, Co. G, 18th Pa, Petit, Ind.
correcting Comrades Wright. Co. /, 18th Pa,
and Martin, Co. ID. 35th Ind, says the Third
Brigade. First Division, Fourteenth Corps, at
the battle of New Hope Church, was composed
of the 37th and 35th Ind, 2Ist and 18th Ohio,
1st Wis, 18th and 10Th Pa.
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IL Eadlr ONT Of Order.

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Up Red River.

A. N. Spears Brink, w. Va, says Comrade
Mekinsey, 9Th Ind. battery. was wrong in
saying that the 29th Me- at the battle Of Pleasant
Hill, La, fed without firing a shot and left
that battery unsupported. He says the regi-
ment did not leave its position until ordered to
do so. 1t had covered the retreat from Sabine
Cross roads the night before. and had proved
itself in every respect worthy of confidence.
ThOs. j. Kerr, Welsville Pa, says he be-
longed 10 Co. /, 47th Pa, and writes briefly of
the Red River expedition in 1864, in which he
participated. He says that at the battle of
Cane River, April %. Col. t. III. Good, of his
regiment, stopped down and pinched the burn
ing fuse Of a she'll from rebel battery which
lay on the ground in front Of the regiment.
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Mrs. Lodeska Porter, Corunna, Mich writes
in strong terms of the obligation that rests
upon the Governments to care for those who
were disabled in its service.
El!enor Gardhouse, Hester No. says her
husband died from the effects of hardship
and exposure in the army, and her claim for
widows pension was rejected on account of
some mistake in the evidence. She hopes the
next Congress will pass bill which Will cover
such cases.
q. Read. Soldiers Home, Hampton, Va thinks
that with an overlooking Treasury the Govern
ment has no excuse for negecting its disabled
veterans.
Jonathan Harlan, Co. II. 3ith Ohio, Lotus,
Ind, says the needs and claims of the helpless
comrades should be presented TO Congress with a
demand that will alarm the political managers
and compel them to give heed. Pensions are
not charities, and i5 is an insult to the brave
men who were disabled in their eountry's
cause to call them such. The writer would be
glad to hear from any of his comrades of Cos
+, Fl aud |, who We're on the Lynchburg raid
in May, 1854.
w. Ii. Poison, Co. G., 45th H., West Berne,
". Y, regrets that some measure could not
have been passed by the last Congress which
would give needed relief to many suffering
veterans. He thinks the Dependent Pension
Bill which the President vetoed, although it
appears good at first sight, does not meet the
necessities of the case, and would be of no
benefit TO many deserving ones. The writer
approves the veto, and thinks there should be
wisdom enough in the next Congress to frame
a more equitable bill.
Daniel w. Warehouse, Co. A, 1st VT. Cav,
Underhill, VT, says that while he believes the
Pension Bureau is doing the best it can, he at
the same time thinks that many fraudulent
and undeserving claims are allowed, while
many are denied justice who should have
pensions.
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The huge, drastic, gripping, sickening pills are
fast being superseded by DIR. PleTce's Purga-
tive pelle:s."
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VyTANTED-By Birch Wcrmald. Lafourohe Crossing.
w Lathe address Of any cOmrade who served on
the :. OzarS MAY, loot, especially Wm. Green,
from Cincinnati ohio, and Andrew J. Hyter assistant
10 ship Surgeon. 3l42t
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